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New York Jets star wide receiver Garrett Wilson fired back at popular sports personality Stephen A. Smith after comments Smith made about his team.
The Jets’ organizational problems prompted Smith to say he would rather drink poison than play for the Jets. NFL team.
“I would go back to college before playing for the Jets. They’re a football atrocity. They’re horrible,” Smith said during a rant on ESPN’s “First Take.”
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ESPN host Stephen A. Smith said Thursday that he doesn’t think there is a Democratic candidate capable of beating the Vance/Rubio presidential ticket in 2028. (By Griffin/Getty Images)
Wilson quickly jumped into the comments of the X post, calling Smith a “sellout.”
“Damn, you must be a real sellout and especially a square to be on ESPN these days. I loved that show,” Wilson wrote.
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What prompted Smith’s speech was a conversation about Oregon Ducks quarterback Dante Moore, who could be the Jets’ second pick if he decides to leave school after the College Football Playoff.
“I was eating to give myself food poisoning where I’m like garbage before I played for the Jets,” Smith said. “Whatever I could do to be alive and okay in the end, but to ruin their thoughts of ever wanting me on their list, I would do it.”
Smith also took shots at Jets head coach Aaron Glenn, who retained his job despite a 3-14 season that resulted in a poor NFL history, including being the first team without an interception all season.
“I’m a black man who’s constantly looking for opportunities for black coaches over the years. I’ve done it,” Smith explained. “It’s gotten a lot better than it used to. And it pains me to say that, okay? There’s no way Aaron Glenn is still the head coach of the New York Jets. They’re horrible and digressed, damn near stung.”
Garrett Wilson of the New York Jets leaves the field after a game against the Miami Dolphins at Hard Rock Stadium on September 29, 2025, in Miami Gardens, Florida. (Cooper Neill/Getty Images)
And no, Smith wasn’t done there. He attacked the organization as a whole.
“There are people who have died supporting the Jets. They’re horrible. Horrible. And that’s the place to go if you want to sink, if you want to dissipate, if you want to just rot. They’re horrible.”
The Jets haven’t made the playoffs in 15 years, the longest drought in professional sports.
But there is no doubt that dysfunction accompanies this sequence. Wilson, 24, knows that after being Ohio State’s first-round pick in 2022. He shined, along with a few select teammates, but never saw a season above .500, let alone postseason football.
Stephen A. Smith and Garrett Wilson (Getty Images)
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The Jets are heading into another offseason of uncertainty, especially in the quarterback department. Will they go with another young recruit in hopes that he will become their long-awaited future quarterback? Or do the Jets look to free agency like they did last offseason given that the addition of Justin Fields didn’t work out.
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